Physical Therapist | Hospital Rehabilitation Center
🌱 Rooted Insights
🌿 Schedule & Lifestyle: Weekday schedule with one weekend per month, which may be paid as overtime.
🌿 Career Growth: New graduates are accepted and can build experience across varied rehabilitation needs.
🌿 Team Environment: Collaborative hospital rehabilitation setting with interdisciplinary support.
🌿 Good to Know: The weekday hours vary, creating some schedule flexibility within a full-time structure.
Position Highlights
✔ Location: Upper Cumberland Region of Tennessee
✔ Setting: Hospital rehabilitation center serving inpatient and outpatient needs
✔ Employment Type: Full-Time | Direct Hire | Permanent Placement
✔ Schedule: Monday–Friday, varied hours | One weekend per month, potentially as overtime
✔ Compensation: $38.00–$50.00 per hour
✔ Incentives: Sign-on bonus and relocation assistance may be available for qualified candidates
Why You'll Love This Opportunity
This full-time physical therapist opportunity is based within a hospital rehabilitation center and offers the chance to help patients improve mobility, function, safety, and independence across inpatient and outpatient care. You will perform evaluations, develop treatment plans, and guide patients toward measurable rehabilitation goals.
The varied clinical environment can support ongoing growth for both experienced physical therapists and new graduates. Exposure to different diagnoses and levels of care helps build strong clinical reasoning and a broad rehabilitation skill set.
The schedule is primarily Monday through Friday with varied hours, plus one weekend per month that may be paid as overtime. This structure can offer a meaningful balance of routine, clinical variety, and additional earning potential.
Located in Tennessee's Upper Cumberland region, the role provides access to a welcoming community, outdoor recreation, and a lifestyle that appeals to candidates seeking long-term stability.
What You'll Do
✔ Perform comprehensive physical therapy evaluations
✔ Develop individualized plans of care and measurable goals
✔ Provide skilled treatment to improve mobility, balance, strength, endurance, and function
✔ Monitor outcomes and adjust interventions based on patient progress
✔ Educate patients and families on mobility, safety, and home recommendations
✔ Coordinate care with physicians, nurses, therapists, and support staff
✔ Complete accurate and timely clinical documentation
✔ Participate in department quality-improvement and workflow initiatives
✔ Follow professional, regulatory, safety, and ethical standards
Minimum Qualifications
Required
✔ Bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree in Physical Therapy from an accredited program
✔ Tennessee Physical Therapist license or eligibility to obtain Tennessee licensure
✔ Ability to evaluate patients and provide individualized treatment
✔ Strong clinical judgment, communication, documentation, and teamwork skills
Preferred
·       Previous physical therapy experience is preferred
·       New graduates are welcome and encouraged to apply
·       Hospital rehabilitation experience is helpful but not required
Compensation & Benefits
✔ $38.00–$50.00 per hour
✔ Group life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance plan
✔ 401(k) retirement plan
✔ Paid time off (PTO)
✔ Short-term disability bank
✔ Educational classes
✔ Medical insurance
✔ Dental insurance
✔ 529 college savings plan
✔ 457 retirement plan
✔ Optional life insurance
✔ Long-term disability
✔ Cancer expense protection policy
✔ Intensive care policy
✔ Dependent care spending account
✔ Pet insurance
✔ Sign-on bonus and relocation assistance may be available for qualified candidates
🌱 Interested?
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🌱 About The Good Soil Staffing Company
The Good Soil Staffing Company specializes exclusively in full-time, direct-hire Allied Health recruitment.
We partner with healthcare organizations across the country to connect exceptional clinicians with meaningful long-term career opportunities. Our approach is built on honest communication, confidential representation, and personalized career guidance throughout your job search.
When you partner with Good Soil, you'll work directly with a recruiter who understands Allied Health careers and is committed to helping you find the right long-term opportunity—not simply your next job.